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About us

XertifiX stands for...
  • fairly produced natural stones from Asia 
  • better working conditions in factories and quarries
  • independent and unannounced controls in Asian production sites
  • The commitment to disadvantaged working families and their children
  • The support of affected child laborers

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Our goal

Fair and humanely produced natural stones from Asia!

what we offer

Unique approach

In the factories (quarries and processing units), we first determine the status quo. Then the producers have the chance to improve gradually.

The label is available in two categories: XertifiX Standard and XertifiX PLUS.

Our team

Ingrid Sehrbrock

Chairwoman of XertifiX    

Ulrich Meinecke

Deputy Chairperson of XertifiX

Wilfried Eichhorn

Executive of XertifiX    

Peter Weiß

Treasurer of XertifiX       Peter

Dr. Walter Schmidt

CEO of XertifiX      

Dietmar Hexel

Associate in the XertifiX board

Thomas Steins

Associate in the XertifiX board

Fair work for adults + Good schools for children = Future opportunities for children

— Ingrid Sehrbrock, Chairwoman

Fair and humanely produced natural stones from Asia are possible!

— Walter Schmidt, CEO

Prohibition of child labor without help for children is cynical!

— Benjamin Pütter, Co-Founder

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How to combat child labor and slave labor? Prohibitions alone do not help. You have to take a much broader approach. Those who pay unfair wages, who ignore safety and health, who allow insecure working conditions, risk the sickness and the shortage of their employees, and promote the cycle of poverty, poor schooling and deficient professional perspectives.

In addition, child labor does not only harm the children themselves because they can not attend or complete school. If the supply of labor increases with children, the pressure on the wages of adults grows. They are more easily blackmailed with bottom wages.

Advisory Board

Heribert Scharrenbroich

Secretary of State (retd.)      

Thilo Hoppe

Bread for the World / Member of the Bundestag (retd.)

Prof. Dr. Gregor Lang-Wojtasik

Professorship for Educational Science

Wolfgang Pantförder

Mayor (retd.)

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Federal Minister (retd.)      

Klaus Wiesehügel

National Chairman of IG BAU (retd.)

Reference

The federal government about XertifiX:
“Good choice! This seal fulfills our requirements in the areas of credibility and social responsibility ” (www.siegelklarheit.de)

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Aktuelles Vorschau

Brandenburg: Prohibition of grave stones from child labor

By Posted on 3. July 2018 in Allgemein

The state parliament of Brandenburg adopted the amendment of the group Alliance 90 / The Greens, according to which in the future no tombstones made from child labor may be used. This prohibition law stipulates that the municipalities change their cemetery statutes to the effect that it must be proven that no grave stones from child labor are set up. The adoption of the funeral law is scheduled for September 2018.

Please refer: Amendment by Alliance 90 / The Greens (German)